First of all, bacon. Thanks for that your "you're welcome" is apt.
I am getting a lot of good ideas. I will try the cozies (was considering those since spring). I just bought some flax wraps (to fill with bacon, steak, chicken, pork, and cheese, of course), I love my homemade gorp so I am covering a lot of the bases with that alone it seems. Cutting sandwiches into strips: clever, I like it. Maybe I'll wash it down with some Boost -- worth a try.
Thanks everyone. Really great suggestions!
For winter I bake maple gorp bars and hermit bars and cut them into cubes. I will also cut a Cabot extra sharp cheese into cubes as well as cured sausage. It all comes together well in the mouth and then washed down with hot tea...
Trail adopter Dry river Cut-off.
That sounds awesome.
To add to my own thread, I've had those foil pouches of salmon before, just 1) tear them open and 2) spoon contents into mouth. Pretty good, even cold. But I'm not sure how they'd fare in the COLD. I've have to keep them from freezing.
Trail Mix (good nuts, chocolate chips (white or butterscotch too), raisins/craisins/pineapple)
Home Made Power Bars (recipe is below)
A few "commercial" protein bars
Cheese cut into cubes
Sasquatch..Big Stick! or some other "beef"/slimjim/jerky-like thing
Chocolate Bar(s)
Hot tea in vaccuum bottle sometimes on really cold days
http://www.vftt.org/forums/showthrea...ght=power+bars
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Color me curious. I don't understand what you mean by the underlined passage, Tim. Can you kindly explain?Originally Posted by bikehikeskifish
Generally, this is a very helpful thread. Thanks, all! As for me, I'm figuring almond or peanut butter and honey on ezekiel bread, perhaps toasted, maybe also with bananas or raisins or dried cherries. That and gorp - something warm in a thermos also appeals, both to drink and in a soup, hence my ears pricked up at the above-quoted passage. Thank you again, everyone.
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Thanks, Jake. Just saw the other "Thermos" thread and got the explanation. Was about to delete my question, in fact, but you beat me to it. Thanks again.
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oreo cakesters....or anything filled with cream that's name ends with "doodle"....
"i lifted one foot to cross the other and i felt myself slipping, it was a small mistake, sometimes that's all it takes." - bright eyes
Ugh - that gives me the chills. The thought of entering a diabetic coma while winter hiking precludes those foods from my diet! But hey, YMMV!!
The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.
Hunter S. Thompson
Well, winter comes right after Halloween, so I always pack a few of those tiny chocolate bars that the trick-or-treaters didn't get. Just pop them in my mouth and let them melt until chewable.
For "real" food, PB & J on whole wheat loaf bread is great. As someone said earlier, the baggie works well as a handle.
I generally don't do hot soups or other food, to avoid the weight of a thermos. I heat my water before putting it in the Nalgene. One goes in a wool sock in the pack, the other in a cozie on my pack belt. It sits in front of my right hip and doesn't get in the way.
I try to avoid high sodium foods and caffeine because I'm an old fella.
Mad Townie
Take long walks in stormy weather or through deep snows in the fields and woods, if you would keep your spirits up. Deal with brute nature. Be cold and hungry and weary. - H. D. Thoreau
Easy trails, nice days and comfort are good, too. - M. Townie
We may like controversy and lost hikers BUT WE LOVE OUR FOOD!!
Peace
"How one parses a question tells you as much about the person as how they answer the question."
Oldee Won Balogeena
Lots of great ideas here folks. thanks for bringing up this thread.
laughing cow cheese wheels (boni-bells) unwrapped & put in a zip-lock so only the wax needs to be opened. In sub-zero, wax is a little tough to open but cheese is still good. jerky or turkey perpperoni, pre-sliced works great too.
I put water bottles inside my double fleece gloves, the one on my belt goes in an old hiking sock. The bottle coozies, (OR I think makes one) work great also, but since I have many old socks....
Have fun & be safe
Mike P.
once again
LOGAN BREAD !
Wow, terrific suggestions one and all. Thank you.
Logan bread? (I'd Google it but I'm having an after hike, Moosilauke, coffee at Half Baked / Fully Brewed in Lincoln so I'm doing this via my iPhone.)
ETA: Never mind, got back and Googled it. Sounds pretty good.
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I will never eat Logan bread again. It's good but after eating it daily for at least a month, probably more, I couldn't take it anymore. Haven't had it in over 10 years. It was good until I overdid it!
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All things are bound together.
All things connect.
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